The energy.
Velasquez\' debut Novel is sure to leave an indelible mark on all who read it..
To those who still may not have all the language but they have their story.
To those who feel their emotions before they can name them.
When We Make It is a love letter to anyone who was taught to believe that they would not Make it.
Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, learning to celebrate herself in a way that she has long been denied.
Together with her older sister, Estrella, she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn.
Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican question asker who can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment.
Her voice is FIRE!-- NYT bestselling and award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it means to Make it, for readers of Nicholasa Mohr and Elizabeth Acevedo. . . .
Elisabet Velasquez brings it all.
The beauty.
The clarity.
The energy
